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Love of the Life and Fear of Death


I want to talk today about an illness I have witnessed among Muslims. A while back, I was trying to help a brother find a wife, but came upon some problems. I also received some questions that made me sad for our current situation. The brother wanted to find a wife, but he wanted it clear from the start that he wanted to go to make jihad as soon as Allah made a way for him.


Ordinarily, this would be a normal matter among Muslims, as Allah says:


Go forth, (whether equipped) lightly or heavily, and strive and struggle, with your goods and your persons, in the cause of Allah. That is best for you, if you (but) knew. 9:41


And Only those are Believers who have believed in Allah and His Messenger, and have never since doubted, but have striven with their belongings and their persons in the Cause of Allah: Such are the sincere ones. 49:15


And You shall believe in Allah and His Messenger, and struggle hard in Allah's way with your property and your lives; that is better for you, did you but know! 61:11


Allah also says much more, on this topic. Allah has made it clear for us that Jihad is an essential part of every Muslim man’s life, and that the one who dies without even the intention of making jihad dies on a path other than Islam. This being the case, it should be the norm, not the exception, and we should automatically expect this from every brother that presents himself for marriage.


Since this should be the norm, it surprised me when I heard (from strong, practicing Muslims) questions and statements like: “If he wants to go to jihad, why does he want to marry?” or “It would be better for him to marry a non-virgin or an older woman because it would be less traumatic if he were to die.”


As I think back to the companions of Rasul Allah, I recall all the stories of the feats of bravery and piousness in the face of death. I see how all of these people expected to be in jihad, and it was never an issue in marriage. They did not sit at home and send money off to the Muslims who were in need. They mounted their steeds or walked to the battlefield, willing to give all for the sake of Allah. I do read about the fathers and mothers and brothers and sisters of their wives refusing marriage to one of them for fear that they would die.


Subhanallah! The women were encouraging their men and felt pride at the prospect of a shaheed husband. No. It is not an easy matter to urge one we love to risk his life for the sake of Allah, but Allah tells us:


Say: If it be that your fathers, your sons, your brothers, your mates, or your kindred; the wealth that ye have gained; the commerce in which ye fear a decline: or the dwellings in which ye delight - are dearer to you than Allah, or His Messenger, or the striving in His cause; - then wait until Allah brings about His decision: and Allah guides not the rebellious. 9:24


Our primary goal is to worship allah and not be among those who fear death – ours or our loved ones. This is the destruction of the Muslim nation. As rasul Allah warned us:


"The nations summon each other upon you as you call guests to eat from a plate of food", they said , "will we be few in number on that day O Messenger of Allaah?" He said, "no rather you will be many on that day, but you will be like the foam on the ocean. And Allaah will remove the fear in the hearts of your enemies and place in your hearts al-wahn". They said, "what is al-wahn O Messenger of Allaah?" He said, "love of this world and hatred of death."' (Sahih: Taken from a speech by Al AlBaani: www.ucl.ac.uk/~uczxisl/jihad.htm).


This class is not about encouraging men to go out for jihad. It is about how our actions and fears discourage them. We tell them that if they want Allah and jihad, they cannot have a Muslim family. They cannot be normal men because their path is a strange one. Brothers and sisters, the ones on a strange path are those who discourage the Muslim from jihad, for they are on a path other than Islam.


Allah says: Go ye forth, (whether equipped) lightly or heavily, and strive and struggle, with your goods and your persons, in the cause of Allah. That is best for you, if ye (but) knew.9:41


And Those who believe in Allah and the Last Day ask thee for no exemption from fighting with their goods and persons. And Allah knoweth well those who do their duty. 9:44


This is a great obligation upon every Muslim man, for the Prophet told us:


Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah's Apostle was asked, "What is the best deed?" He replied, "To believe in Allah and His Apostle (Muhammad)". The questioner then asked, "What is the next (in goodness)?" He replied, "To participate in Jihad (religious fighting) in Allah's Cause." The questioner again asked, "What is the next (in goodness)?" He replied, "To perform Hajj (Pilgrim age to Mecca) 'Mubrur, (which is accepted by Allah and is performed with the intention of seeking Allah's pleasure only and not to show off and without committing a sin and in accordance with the traditions of the Prophet)." Saih Bukhari: Volume 1, Book 2, Number 25:


Also, if we do not do this, if we deny this part of our deen, and we turn our backs on this great duty, we are turning our backs on the deen itself, for Islam is not a pick and choose religion. We do not have a right to deny one of Allah’s commands – either by words or actions – for those of us who do turn our backs, Allah says,


O you who believe! whoever from among you turns back from his religion, then Allah will bring a people, He shall love them and they shall love Him, they will be humble before the believers, mighty against the unbelievers, they shall strive hard in Allah's way and shall not fear the censure of any censurer; this is Allah's Favour, He gives it to whom He pleases, and Allah is Ample-giving, Knowing.5:54


Allah has told us that willingness to sacrifice our lives is a characteristic of the true believer. Allah further says:


Only those are Believers who have believed in Allah and His Messenger, and have never since doubted, but have striven with their belongings and their persons in the Cause of Allah: Such are the sincere ones. 49:15


So it is upon us to raise our daughters to love to have a mujahid husband. It is upon us to have daughters that will raise sons who will willingly go to jihad for the sake of Allah, to be mothers who are willing to sacrifice their sons. Also, we must raise our sons to be fathers who will fight for the sake of Allah and instill this noble characteristic upon their sons.


We must stop loving this life and giving excuses. When I was young, I asked a friend of mine, whose dad was a general in the American Army, why we were unable to take back our hostages from Iran. She said her father had answered, “Our primary weapon is fear of annihilation. Muslims do not fear death, so how can we threaten them?” I will tell you how they will threaten us. They remove our fear of death and replace it with love for the world. Bye bye deen – bye bye threat.!


O Allah! Let us stop loving the life and fearing death. O Allah, return us to the honorable state of loving You and loving sacrifice for Your sake and living in this life as if a stranger – fighting to keep our deen strong, while not fearing but welcoming the death in doing so! Ameen.

Muslims Wake Up!


I have noticed a disheartening trend among our teachers of Islam. Too many are trying to "make the deen easier" by watering it down. This can range from the "sheikh" who, when I became Muslim, told me it was halal to take a loan with interest because my education was a necessity to the "teacher" who uses the weak narration: "We have returned from the lesser jihad to embark on the greater jihad." They said: "What is the greater jihad?" He said: "The jihad of the heart, or the jihad against one's ego." to the "Imams" who stood by silently while mujahideen in Afghanistan were making tawaf at the graves.


In all these cases, if they have done even the most rudimentary research in these areas, they would have to know that they were stating incorrect information about Islam, which amounts to lying against Allah and His messenger. Yet, they felt, for whatever reason, that by minimizing the importance of the concepts, the questioner would not hate Islam and would be a better Muslim. This puzzles me. How can one be a better Muslim when one is committing haram acts and considering them halal?


For the first, we know that necessity in Islam is defined as life and death - and only as much as is necessary to sustain life. For instance. I am in jail. I am given pork to eat and alcohol to drink. I am starving and if I do not eat or drink I will die. In this case, it becomes halal for me to eat and drink what will sustain me -- keep me from death. This becomes not only halal but fard upon me. Now, let's analyze: I would not have died if I had not gone to school that semester. It would not have been life-threatening for me to wait until I had saved enough money. Yet, the "sheikh", probably under the fear that telling me it was haram would have taken away from Islam, tried to "ease" me into Islam by telling me it was O.K. The danger here was greater. He did not realize that what he did was indeed more dangerous. He taught me that the rules in Islam are very flexible, like the Christianity I had just left. I now believed that I could interpret them to suit my needs. Under this understanding, anyone can use interest for anything he/she "thinks" is necessary. So, when I thought it was necessary to own a car - or I could not get to work, I took a loan. It also made me understand that all the credit cards I had were O.K. cause I needed them. The reality was that I did not need the car, I could have taken a bus; I did not need the cards, I could have been patient, I did not need anything because my life was never in danger, but I had been taught that necessity in Islam was defined by what I considered necessary. This led me to inadvertently commit many sins that put me "at war" with Allah.


Allah says:


O you who believe! Be careful of (your duty to) Allah and relinquish what remains (due) from usury, if you are believers. But if you do (it) not, then be apprised of war from Allah and His Messenger; and if you repent, then you shall have your capital; neither shall you make (the debtor) suffer loss, nor shall you be made to suffer loss. 2:278-79


How did this help me be a better Muslim?


The second issue, is an apology for the Islamic concept of Jihad. This has successfully served to "keep us in place." The Muslim who is only concerned about Jihad of the self, sits idly by while Muslims are being exterminated, calling his congressman or holding protests, thinking he is accomplishing something instead of getting his lazy rear off his chair, going out to the lands of jihad, and risking his life and property for the sake of Allah. Allah says,


Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) and receive no hurt, and those who strive and fight in the cause of Allah with their goods and their persons. Allah hath granted a grade higher to those who strive and fight with their goods and persons than to those who sit (at home). Unto all (in Faith) Hath Allah promised good: But those who strive and fight Hath He distinguished above those who sit (at home) by a special reward,- 4:95


Also, the Prophet said


"When you deal with interest, and hold fast to the tail of the cow, and become contented with agriculture, and you leave Jihad in the Way of Allaah, Allaah will permit your humiliation and will not lift it from you until you return to your deen." (Sahih: Taken from a speech by Al Albaani: www.ucl.ac.uk/~uczxisl/jihad.htm)


This so-called hadith about jihad of the self being the greater jihad can be easily exposed. Sheikh Al Albaani declared it weak as did Al Hafiz ibn Hajar al-Asqalani in the Tasdid al-Qaws. Al Hafiz Al Iraqi said in the Takhrij Ahadith al-Ahya': 'Al Bayhaqi transmitted it with a weak chain of narrators on the authority of Jabir, and Al Khatib transmitted it in his history on the authority of Jabir.'"


Anyone who is even an elementary student of Islam, must know this or can find it. No one who seriously cares about his deen will narrate something unless he knows it is sahih. Because even the ordinary Muslim on the street knows that narrating against the Prophet what he did not say will gain him a seat in the hellfire. The Prophet said: "...And whoever tells a lie on me intentionally, will surely take his place in the (Hell) Fire." Sahih Bukhari: Volume 4, Book 56, Number 667.


So why would someone teach such a concept? It waters down our deen and makes us like the Prophet warned that we would be as the Prophet warned:


"The nations summon each other upon you as you call guests to eat from a plate of food", they said , "will we be few in number on that day O Messenger of Allaah?" He said, "no rather you will be many on that day, but you will be like the foam on the ocean. And Allaah will remove the fear in the hearts of your enemies and place in your hearts al-wahn". They said, "what is al-wahn O Messenger of Allaah?" He said, "love of this world and hatred of death."' (Sahih: Taken from a speech by Al AlBaani: www.ucl.ac.uk/~uczxisl/jihad.htm).


So, how does lessening the importance of Jihad make us better Muslims? It seems to me, it makes us weak and vulnerable.


The last example are the "Imams" who stood by silently while the mujahideen were making tawaf at the graves. When questioned about this, they said that they did say anything because the people were ignorant, and teching them this would cause fitnah and remove them from Islam. This floored me. I mean -- HELLO-- IS ANYONE HOME UP THERE???? Isn't this shirk??? Does not this act take them from Islam??? Where are our priorities? Here are our mujahids, the fighters for the sake of Allah, making tawaf to graves. What is left?


On a lesser level, our "scholars" are constantly trying to make things easier on us, telling us its ok to wear a headpiece with pants and call it hijab, saying it is O.K. to shave or trim the beard, saying it is acceptable to go to that social gathering at work even though alcohol is being served because we will lose our jobs if we don't, saying it is O.K. to sell alcohol or pork as long as we do not touch it or consume it, saying it is O.K. to take a house loan because we need to establish a base in this country, saying it is O.K to have a credit card cause we need it in case we want to rent a car or in the case of an emergency...the list is endless.


As Muslims we have to stop expecting out teachers, scholars, Imams etc... to spoon feed us what we want to hear. We have to make them tell us the truth. There are so many true scholars available to us. We still have the Quraan, the authentic hadiths, the understandings of the companions and our greatest scholars. Why do we ignore this great body of evidence and insist on following the unsupported opinions of those who would have Islam be little more than a poor imitation of Christianity -- a religion of amilu without amilu. A religion of belief without action. Pick up the Quraan. How often do you see the word aminu - belief, without amilu beside it? Why is it that anytime someone calls to the truth -- showing the evidences, we call him a wahabi, a salafi, an extremist??? They are quoting the words of Allah and the words of His beloved prophet, and we are saying, "I think..."," I feel...", "But our deen is not hard...." What would we say to the Prophet himself? What horrible names would we call him because his words do not match our desires or our warped perceptions of right and wrong?


Lets WAKE UP!


Brothers and sisters, it is time to wake up. Allah did not put us here to get that illusive degree, that classy car, that great house, that beautiful wife, that perfect husband, those great kids. These are all distraction from the true goal. "O ye who believe! Let not your wealth nor your children distract you from remembrance of Allah. Those who do so, they are the losers." (63:9) We are here to worship Allah. This life is not supposed to be easy or perfect. This life is our prison, if we are true believers.


We are supposed to be building an escape tunnel with our deeds and our faith. Instead we are asleep in front of the TV, smelling of nachos and fear while scenes of our brothers' and sisters' extermination flash across the screen.


Islam is not easy. It is not hard. It is a religion that takes effort, commitment and belief. We have a great reward but also we have a great responsibility. What will we say to Allah when He questions us about our life in this world? What will we say to Allah when He questions us about our brothers and sisters in Kosovo, Somalia, Sudan, Kashmir, Palestine, Bosnia, Algeria, Ethiopia, Lebanon, India etc..... What will we say when He questions us about our credit cards, our school loans our houses and even masjids built from riba? What will we say when He questions us about the ignorant among us that we failed to teach because we thought it would make him/her hate Islam or think it was too hard? What will we say when Allah asks us about the deeds that supported our beliefs? What will we say????


I leave you with the following hadith which emphasizes the obstacles Allah placed in our way:


Narrated Abu Hurayrah: The Apostle of Allah (peace_be_upon_him) said: When Allah created Paradise, He said to Gabriel: Go and look at it. He went and looked at it, then came and said: O my Lord! By Thy might, no one who hears of it will fail to enter it. He then surrounded it with disagreeable things, and said: Go and look at it, Gabriel. He went and looked at it, then came and said: O my Lord! By Thy might, I am afraid that no one will enter it. When Allah created Hell, He said: Go and look at it, Gabriel. He went and looked at it, then came and said: O my Lord! By Thy might, no one who hears of it will enter it. He then surrounded it with desirable things and said: Go and look at it, Gabriel. He went, looked at it, then came and said: O my Lord! By Thy might and power, I am afraid that no one will remain who does not enter it. Sunan Abu Dawud: Book 40, Number 4726.


Ya Allah! Wake up the Muslims! Ya Allah! Wake up the Muslims! Ya Allah! Wake up the Muslims! Ameen.

Bismillah


Assalamu alaikum


Bukhari, Volume 3, Book 36, Number 481:


Narrated Anas bin Malik:


The Prophet sent for a slave who had the profession of cupping, and he cupped him. The Prophet ordered that he be paid one or two Sas, or one or two Mudds of foodstuff, and appealed to his masters to reduce his taxes


Bukhari, Volume 7, Book 71, Number 584:


Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:


(The Prophet said), "Healing is in three things: A gulp of honey, cupping, and branding with fire (cauterizing)." But I forbid my followers to use (cauterization) branding with fire."


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15 Tips to Earning Rewards from Allah


1- Avoid Things that Allah has forbidden, including the great sins as well as continually performing the lesser sins, and perform what Allah orders us to perform: The prophet peace be upon him said: "Allah has recorded the good deeds and the evil deeds. Then he made them clear: He who has intended a good deed and does not do it, Allah writes it down with Him as a performed good deed; but if he intends it and does perform it; Allah records for him from ten good deeds to seven hundred times that or more than that. If he intends to do an evil deed and does not do it, then Allah writes it down as a good deed; but if he intends an evil deed and performs it, Allah records it as one evil deed" (Sahih Al-Jami)


2- Reciting the Quran and pondering over it's meanings: The Prophet peace be upon him said, "Whoever recites one word from the Book of Allah will be rewarded for a good deed and ten more like it; and I don't say that Alif Lam Mim is a word but Alif is a word and Lam is a word and Mim is a word" (Alif Lam Mim is 3 Arabic Characters.)


3- Guiding people to righteous deeds: The prophet peace be upon him said, "Whoever guides one to a good thing will get the same reward as the person who performs the deed" (Sahih Al-Jami)


4- Enjoining good and eradicating evil: Allah revealed in the Quran, {Those of the children of Israel who went astray were cursed by the tongue of David, and of Jesus, son of Mary. That was because they rebelled and used to transgress. They restrained not one another from the wickedness they did. Verily, evil was that they used to do} (Al-Maida:78)


This is one of the obligatory duties that many people fail to perform today. Due to this reason, sins are being committed openly and without shame and no one is saying anything about them. The prophet peace be upon him said, "If the people see an evil deed and they do not change it, then Allah may inflict them all with a punishment".


Allah says in the Quran: "And the believers, men and women, are protecting friends of one another, they enjoin the right and forbid the wrong .. "


5- Supplications to Allah: It's the best act of worship as the Prophet peace be upon him said, "The most virtuous act of worship is supplication" (Sahih Al-Jami). It's very important to be certain that Allah will answer your supplication, the Prophet peace be upon him said: "There is no Muslim on this earth who supplicates to Allah except that Allah will give him what he asked or He will remove some evil from him, as long as he does not supplicate for something evil or as long as he does not supplicate for cutting of the ties of kinship and as long as he does not become impatient and say, 'I supplicated and supplicated and I was not responded to'"


6- Marrying religious women: The prophet peace be upon him said, "A woman is married for her religion, wealth or beauty; marry the religious women and you will prosper". He also said, "A thankful heart, a tongue that remembers Allah and a pious wife that helps you in your worldly and religious matters, is better than what the people are amassing" (Sahih Al-Jami)


7- Bringing up pious children and training them to have good Islamic character: The prophet peace be upon him said, "A man will be raised some degrees in Paradise and he will say, 'For what reason am I receiving this ?' He will be told, 'Because of your son asking forgiveness for you'"


8- Having good manners and character: The prophet peace be upon him said, "The most beloved of you to me and the closest of you to me in the Hereafter are those of you who have the best manners; the most hated of you to me and farthest from me in the Hereafter are those of you who have the best manners, those who speak and do not even care about what they are saying" (Sahih Al-Jami), and he also said, "The person of good manners will get the same reward as the person who prays during the night and fasts during the day" (Sahih Al-Jami).


9- Performing many voluntary prayers: This is particularly beneficial during the last third of the night in which the gates of the heavens are opened and the supplications are responded to. The prophet peace be upon him said, "Allah waits until one half or two-thirds of the night has passed and He says, 'My slaves, shall ask from no one except Me. Whoever asks from Me, I shall respond to him. Whoever asks Me for something, I will give it to him. Whoever asks for my forgiveness, I shall forgive him. And this continues until the dawn" (Sahih Al-Jami).


Similarly, performing the Sunnan prayers, is also a way of gaining Allah's pleasure and reward. These Sunnan prayers are two rakats before the dawn obligatory prayer, four before the noon obligatory prayer and four after it, two after the sunset prayer and two after the night prayer and the witr prayer.


10- Being obedient and respectful to one's parents: This is one of the greatest ways to attain Allah's pleasure and reward. Allah mentions worshipping Him together with obeying one's parents. Allah says in the Quran, "Your Lord has decreed that you worship none save Him, and that you show kindness to parents. If one of them or both of them attain to old age with you, say not 'File' unto them nor repulse them, but speak unto them a gracious word. And lower unto them the wing of submission through mercy and say, 'My Lord, have mercy on them both as they did care for me when I was little'" (Al-Isra)


11- Jihad in the way of Allah: A hadith of the Prophet peace be upon him says, "Being on guard in the way of Allah for one month is better than perpetual fasting for a year. Whoever dies while guarding in the way of Allah will be safe from the great frightening. And he will be provided his provisions, and smell the scent from paradise, and receive the reward of the one who guards until Allah resurrects him" (Sahih Al-Jami)


12- Remembering Allah at all times: The prophet peace be upon him stated that Allah said, "I am as My slave thinks I am. I am with him when he makes mention of Me. If he makes mention of Me to himself. I make mention of him to Myself and if me makes mention of Me in an assembly, I make mention of him in an assembly better than it." (Al-Bukhari).


13- Speaking the truth and not fearing punishment of anyone: The prophet peace be upon him, "The leader of the martyrs is Hamza ibn Abdul Muttalib and a person who faces an unjust ruler and advises him to do good and he is killed because of his speech" (Sahih Al-Jami)


14- Giving charity and spending in the way of Allah: Allah says in the Quran, "Those who spend their wealth by night and day, privately and publicity, verily their reward is with their Lord, and there shall no fear come upon them neither shall they grieve" (Al-Baqara 274). And Allah also says, "And spend of that which We have provided you before death comes to one of you and he says, 'My Lord if only You would reprieve me for a little while, then I would give alms and be among the righteous.' But Allah reprieves no soul when its term comes, and Allah is aware of what you do" (Al-Munafiqoon).


15- Learning the beneficial knowledge: One should learn that knowledge that will benefit him in the Hereafter and act by it in order to be a good example for others. The authentic knowledge is the one that is based on Quran and Sunnah.

s igns of weak iman


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1)commiting ¬ feeling guilt


2)having ahard heart, no desire to read quran


3)feeling too lazy to do good deeds e.g late for salat


4)negletting the sunnah


5)having mood swings for instance being upset about petty things&irrated most of the time


6)not feeling anything when hearing the verses of qurani.e-when Allah warns us of punishments &His promise of glad things


7)finding difficult inremembering Allah &making dikr


8))desiring status&wealth


9)not feeling bad when anythjng done against sharia


10)being mean &miserlyi.e not wanting to part with wealth


11)ordering others to do good whennot practing them ourselves


12)feeling pleased when things are not progressing for others


13)make fun of people who do simple things like cleaning mosque e.t.c


14)not feeling concerned about the situation of muslim


15)liking to argue just for sake of arguing without proof


16)becming engrossed &very involved with dunya,wordly thingsie.feeling bad onlywhen losing something in terms of meterial wealth


17)not feeling responsibility to do something to promote islam


p.s-please excuse me if ihadpostedthis to the wrong section


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Why We Sisters Must Encourage Our Husbands To Go For Jihaad


In these turbulent times we are witnessing so many distressing events, our Ummah in Iraq are dying from cancer as a result of the depleted uranium dropped by our enemies in the Gulf war. Cancer rates have increased ten fold and there is no medication to ease the suffering of the dying due the sanctions imposed by Britain and America. These sanctions have killed one million innocents, half of which are children, who are dying from malnutrition and other related diseases. This is a slow death with no relief. One child is dying every six minutes and we shall be asked by Allah swt what we did to help our brothers and sisters, and feeling their pain in our hearts is not enough. If we were dying in this horrendous way, would we not weep for the indifference shown by our Ummah? Should we not love our brothers like we love ourselves?


Book 032, Number 6258: Sahih Muslim Nu'man b. Bashir reported Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: The similitude of believers in regard to mutual love, affection, fellow-feeling is that of one body; when any limb of it aches, the whole body aches, because of sleeplessness and fever.


When the armies of the crusaders entered Afghanistan indiscriminately dropping their cluster bombs, the whole Ummah watched. This is the story of a small boy who witnessed the effects of this so- called wonder bomb:


My name is Nguyen and I am fifteen years old. It was a sunny glorious day when my mother had just told me to lay the table for lunch. The next thing I heard was the air raid siren and I hurried to the shelter. But when I came out my mother and father were lying there covered in blood, and my sister Bihn had pieces of metal in her, and so did her doll. My street had fallen down. The street had been hit by cluster bombs, which spray small darts. These had entered the young girls body and continued to move around inside her for several days, causing internal injuries from which she died an agonising death. (Hidden Agendas by John Pilger).


The slaughter in Afghanistan was indiscriminate and continues, how many of our Mujahadeen brothers did we watch being taken away? One image of an Arab brother his face bleeding sat in the back of a car being taken away with some Pakistani brothers is an image I will never forget. They knew their fate, and it showed clearly on their faces, and we the Ummah watched silently. We should feel their pain as if it were our own husbands in that car. And we should encourage our husbands to fight for Allah swt so we may be safe from the day when we could be taken away. The events in America have proven how quickly things can change. Don’t we know that our time of death has already been determined by Allah swt, it was determined whilst we were still in the womb. So why are we so afraid of losing our husbands? If they were meant to die, they would surely die anyway irrespective of whether they went for jihad. And does Allah swt not provide our sustenance?


Book 033, Number 6390: Sahih Muslim Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) reported that Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) who is the most truthful (of the human beings) and his being truthful (is a fact) said: "...The constituents of one of you are collected for forty days in his mother's womb in the form of blood, after which it becomes a clot of blood in another period of forty days. Then it becomes a lump of flesh and forty days later Allah sends His angel to it with instructions concerning four things, so the angel writes down his livelihood, his death, his deeds, his fortune and misfortune…"


So we should trust in Allah swt and accept his decree with patience and humility. If we are going to lose our husbands, then wouldn’t we rather lose them as Shaheed’s so they can intercede for us on the Day when terror will prevail? Wouldn’t we rather be rescued us from the fire? One Shaheed can intercede for seventy members of his family on the day of Judgement and Allah swt has promised Paradise for those seventy. And don’t we know if we encourage our husbands, we get the same reward as if we were fighting. Did Allah swt not tell us if we enjoin one another to do good, the one calling for good will get the same reward as the one doing the action.


We should trust Allah swt and know that Allah swt does not forsake a believer who strives with his life and wealth. We should know that Alhamduillah there are so many good brothers who would be happy to protect us should we find ourselves alone. Brothers who would love us only for the sake of Allah swt and provide for us. We should not view marriage in the same way that the kuffar view it. We should know that life is not just roses and romance as the media tries to portray. This is why 1 in 3 marriages fail in Britain alone. When the novelty fizzles, you find they go with some one new or simply divorce. No, we should know that we have to love one another for the sake of Allah swt and yes we should love and honour our husbands but we should love no one or nothing more that we love Allah swt. And we should be prepared to forsake the one we love for the One we love more. Allah swt will never leave a sincere believer and will always provide for him.


Remember Umm Salamah ra and the strength of her faith when she lost her beloved husband and asked Allah swt to grant her better. Look at the Mercy of Allah swt did He not give Umm Salamah all she asked for and more. Allah swt granted her the best husband from the best of mankind. SubhanAllah.


"O Lord, grant forgiveness to Abu Salamah. Elevate him among those who are near to You. Take charge of his family at all times. Forgive us and him, O Lord of the Worlds. Widen his grave and make it light for him."


Umm Salamah remembered the prayer her husband had quoted on his deathbed from the Prophet and began repeating it, "O Lord, with you I leave this my plight for consideration . . ." But she could not bring herself to continue . . . "O Lord give me something good from it", because she kept asking herself, "Who could be better than Abu Salamah?" But it did not take long before she completed the supplication.


Now as we speak our brothers are being rounded up in Palestine. They are been taken away in shackles to be tortured and murdered. This slaughter has gone on for more than 50 years. We hear Muslims say ‘Allah will send His angels to fight’ but this is nonsense Allah swt ordered us to fight. The Almighty will only send His angels when we fight, Allah swt is not going to fight for us. Rather, we have to obey Him and know that Allah will never forsake the one who fights in His cause. It is a mockery to think that Allah swt will send His Angels whilst we the Ummah sit at home filling our stomachs with food and our heads with nonsense. A'udhuBillaah.


Allah does not change the condition of a people until they change it themselves (viii. 53; xiii. 11).


None can influence a husband more than his wife, even if sometimes he may not show it. We can either be a blessing to our husbands and ourselves or we can be a cause of disaster to our husbands and ourselves.


Volume 4, Book 52, Number 110 Sahih Bukhari Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Umar: I heard the Prophet saying. "Evil omen is in three things: The horse, the woman and the house."


We sisters should try to be strong and have faith in Allah swt and encourage our husbands to do good and we should remind him in a soft manner of the day when he will be called to account by Allah swt. We should reassure our husbands that Allah swt will provide for us and they should not worry for our well-being, for who knows if they will wake up tomorrow? And would we not be so proud if our husband died a Shadeed? And don’t we all want to be rescued from the fire?


"Not equal are those believers who sit (at home) and those who strive hard and fight in the Cause of Allah with their wealth and lives.' (4.95)


This is another thing, about Sisters looking at pictures or photos of Mujahideen:


For the record: There is nothing wrong with the sisters looking at photos of the mujahideen.


If it heals some of the anger in the hearts of the Believers then fine.


If it compels them or increases their determination to send their men out fesabeelillah, then fine.


Women are the backbone of any nation and that has never been more true for any nation than it has for the Muslimeen.


Women have fought in battle alongside men. They too have roamed the killing fields hunting down the kuffar. They have repelled attacks and they have preserved their honor. They have kept the wolves at bay for countless centuries. They have raised young lambs to become fierce lions who go into battle surrounded by enemies just like a fish goes into the sea surrounded by water - and these Lions of Allah, they achieve either of the Two Victories by His permission.


They have played an unforgettable part in the Seerah and throughout tarikhe-Islam. If it weren't for Faatimah Bintul Khattab then perhaps Umar [raa] would have never accepted Islam. If it weren't for the women then Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas would have never gone as deep into the lands of the Majousees as he did. If it weren't for women like Khalsah who sent all four of her sons into Qadisiyyah - then who would emulate her today? If it weren't for the women then Baybars would have never been able to pursue the Mongols with his ruthless pack of Ba7reetiye mujahideen. If it weren't for the women then Fateh Muhammad would have never liberated the City of Constantine.


If it weren't for the women who would tell their sons "...look at what they are doing to your sisters. Get up and go; I dont want to see you again..." then our lands would be even under more heavy oppression and tyranny today.

Believe It or Not: You were Born Muslim!


What would you call a religion whose beliefs, practices and followers are being bashed and bad-mouthed in practically every sphere of activity, in almost every corner of the globe, yet it attracts ever-increasing numbers of people?


A Paradox? A Miracle ? Or simply, The Truth: Islaam.


The fact that Islaam is the fastest growing religion in the world today, is proof that our Creator has taken it upon Himself to perfect the Truth that He sent all His prophets and messengers with -- from Aadam [AS] to Muhammad [sAW].


Studies conducted in the West show that the sheer number of new Muslims is changing the demographic profile of countries all over the world, and not all of them are born into Muslim families. With some 6 million adherents in the United States, Islam is said to be the nation’s fastest-growing religion. One expert estimates that 25,000 people a year become Muslims in this country; some clerics say they have seen conversion rates quadruple since Sept 11.


Ironically for a religion that is routinely bashed for “subjugating” and “oppressing” its female followers, the number of female reverts to Islaam outnumber the males 4:1!


The fact that more and more people are finding their way to Islaam, notwithstanding the relentless propaganda, deliberate misinformation and outright prejudice against it, never ceases to amaze me.


How do these people navigate in the darkness to find the light of Islaam in spite of all the obstacles in the way?


The answer is that our Creator has granted each one of us a guiding light -- a pure, undefiled innate nature called the fitrah. Unlike Christians who believe in the doctrine of Original Sin and assert that each baby is born tainted with the sin of Adam’s disobedience to God, Muslims believe that every child is born into a state of purity where it recognizes its Creator and is naturally subservient to His laws.


In his book The Fundamentals of Islaamic Monotheism, Abu Ameenah Bilaal Philips writes: Just as a child’s body submits to the physical laws which Allaah has put in nature, its soul also submits naturally to the fact that Allaah is its Lord and Creator. But its parents try to make it follow their own way and the child is not strong enough in the early stages of its life to resist or oppose its parents. The religion which the child follows at this stage is one of custom and upbringing and Allaah does not hold it to account for this religion.


When the child matures in youth and clear proofs of the falsehood of its religion are brought to it, the adult must now follow the religion of knowledge and reason. At this point the devils try their best to encourage him to stay as he is or to go further astray. Evils are made pleasing to him and he must now live in the midst of a struggle between his innate pure nature and his desires in order to find the right road.


If he chooses to follow his innate nature, his fitrah, Allaah will help him overcome his desires even though it may take most of his life to escape, for many people enter Islaam in their old age.


The Qur’aan also points to this phenomenon, where every soul that has been created is asked Who their Lord is, and they testify that it is none other than Allaah before they are born into the world.


When your Lord drew forth from the loins of the children of Aadam their descendants and made them testify concerning themselves. Saying: Am I not your Lord? They said: “Yes, we testify to it.” (This) in case you say on the Day of Judgement, “We were unaware of this.” Or in case you say: It was our ancestors who made partners (with Allaah) and we are only their descendants…[surah Al-A’raaf 7:172-173]


Explaining this verse, the Prophet [sAW] said: When Allaah created Aadam [AS] , He took a covenant from him …then He extracted from him all of his descendants who would be born until the end of the world, generation after generation and spread them out in front of Him in order to take a covenant from them.


He spoke to them face to face saying: Am I not your Lord? And they all replied: Yes, we testify to it.


Allaah then explained why He had all of mankind bear witness that He was their Creator and the only true God worthy of worship. He said: That was in case you (mankind) should say on the Day of Resurrection, “Surely we were unaware of all this. We had no idea that You were our God.” [silsilah al ahadeeth as Saheehah, Narrated by ibn Abbaas, collected by Imaam Ahmad]


This is the reason why people who adopt Islaam are said to revert instead of convert, because they are going back to their original nature -- the one they were naturally created with -- which is automatically aligned with the Universe, its Creator and His Laws; as opposed to simply exchanging one set of beliefs for another.


Reverts to Islaam testify that this inner inclination to search for the Truth, to know and follow it is a major factor in their adopting the faith. It is interesting to see some of the reasons cited by reverts for adopting Islaam:


Islaamic Monotheism


“The Christian sect of Athanasians insistently inculcates the tenet that Christianity is based on a belief in three gods (Trinity), that a slightest doubt as to this belief will lead one to immediate perdition; and that a person who wishes to attain salvation in this world and the next should definitely hold a belief in the three gods: God, the Son of God, and the Holy Ghost.


When I became a Muslim, I received a letter, which said: “By becoming a Muslim you have damned yourself to perdition. No one can save you. For you deny the divinity of God.” The poor man [who wrote that letter] thought that I no longer believed in God, not knowing that when Jesus had begun to preach, he stated the unity of God and he never claimed to be His son.


[Lord Headley al-Farooq; British diplomat, engineer]


An answer for every question:


“I would always search for causes and purposes for everything. I would anticipate logical explanations for them. On the other hand, the explanations provided by priests and other Christian men of religion did not satisfy me. Most of the time, instead of giving satisfactory answers to my questions, they would dismiss the matter with evasive prevarications such as, “We cannot understand these things. They are divine secrets” and “They are beyond the grasp of the human mind.”


Upon this I decided to study, on the one hand, Oriental religions, and on the other hand, books written by famous philosophers. The books written by these philosophers always dealt with such subjects as protoplasms, atoms, molecules, and particles, and did not even touch on reflections such as “What becomes of the human soul?” “Where does the soul go after death?” “How should we discipline our souls in this world?”


The Islamic religion, on the other hand, treated the human subject not only within the corporeal areas, but also along the spiritual extensions. Therefore, I chose Islam not because I had lost my way, or only because Christianity had incurred my displeasure, or as a result of sudden decision, but, on the contrary, after very minutely studying it and becoming thoroughly convinced about its greatness, singularity, solemnity and perfection


[Muhammad Alexander Russell Webb; American diplomat, author]


Direct relationship with one’s Creator:


Now I realize I can get in direct contact with God, unlike Christianity or any other religion. As one Hindu lady told me, “You don't understand the Hindus. We believe in one God; we use these objects (idols) to merely concentrate.” What she was saying was that in order to reach God, one has to create associates, that are idols for the purpose. But Islam removes all these barriers.


[Yusuf Islaam, formerly Cat Stevens]


Universality:


Islam is a religion that belongs not only to the Arabs but to the entire humanity. This universal quality presents a sharp contrast with the Judaic religion, whose holy book always refers to the God of Israel.


One more thing that I love in Islam is that this religion recognizes all the prophets, makes no distinction between them and treats the believers of other religions with compassion.


[Mahmud Gunnar Ahmad, Swedish Muslim]


Absolute equality before God, extended brotherhood:


There were tens of thousands of pilgrims, from all over the world. They were of all colors, from blue-eyed blondes to black-skinned Africans. But we were all participating in the same ritual, displaying a spirit of unity and brotherhood that my experiences in America had led me to believe never could exist between the white and non-white.


America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem. Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, and even eaten with people who in America would have been considered white - but the white attitude was removed from their minds by the religion of Islam. I have never before seen sincere and true brotherhood practiced by all colors together, irrespective of their color.


You may be shocked by these words coming from me. But on this pilgrimage, what I have seen, and experienced, has forced me to rearrange much of my thought-patterns previously held, and to toss aside some of my previous conclusions. This was not too difficult for me. Despite my firm convictions, I have always been a man who tries to face facts, and to accept the reality of life as new experience and new knowledge unfolds it. I have always kept an open mind, which is necessary to the flexibility that must go hand in hand with every form of intelligent search for truth.


During the past eleven days here in the Muslim world, I have eaten from the same plate, drunk from the same glass, and slept on the same rug - while praying to the same God - with fellow Muslims, whose eyes were the bluest of blue, whose hair was the blondest of blond, and whose skin was the whitest of white. And in the words and in the deeds of the white Muslims, I felt the same sincerity that I felt among the black African Muslims of Nigeria, Sudan and Ghana. We were truly all the same (brothers) - because their belief in one God had removed the white from their minds, the white from their behavior, and the white from their attitude.


[Letter written from Makkah, by Malcolm X]


Purity of prayer:


If I were asked what impressed me most in the religion of Islam, I would probably say the prayers, because prayers in Christianity are used wholly in begging God (through Jesus Christ) to grant worldly favours, whereas in Islam they ar used to give praise and thanks to Almighty God for all His blessings since He knows what is necessary for our welfare and grants us what we need without our asking it.


[Cecilia Mahmuda Cannolly, Australian Muslim]


Women’s rights and status:


No doubt, influenced by the usual condemnation of Islam from Christian pulpits on the subject, I picked on polygamy. At last I thought I had something; obviously Western monogamy was an improvement on this old system. I talked of it to my Muslim friend. He illustrated with the aid of newspaper articles how much true monogamy there was in England, and convinced me that a limited polygamy was the answer to the secret unions that are becoming so distressingly common in the West. My own common sense could see that, particularly after a war, when women of a certain age group far outnumber men, a percentage of them are destined to remain spinsters. Did God give them life for that? I recollect that on the radio programme known as `Dear Sir' an unmarried English girl had called for lawful polygamy, saying she would prefer a shared married life rather than the loneliness to which she seemed to be destined. In Islam no one is forced into a polygamous marriage, but in a perfect religion, the opportunity must be there to meet those cases where it is necessary.


[Mavis B Jolly, UK]


Belief in the Qur’aan as Divine Revelation:


I read as much of the Qur’aan as I could. I was immersed in it. As I read the verses in English, I repeated to myself over and over again, this is what I have always thought and believed. What kind of book was this? Before long I was reading the book and crying, and reading and crying... it was as if something had overtaken me... I forgot what I was looking for in particular, however when I came upon the verses in Surah Baqarah 122-141 regarding Prophet Ibrahim (AS) I had found my answer.


I had been searching for Isma'il (as), son of Prophet Ibrahim and his wife Hajarah, who had been missing from the Hebrew brothers story. In those verses I found the truth of religion... They say: Become Jews or Christians if ye would be guided (to salvation). Say thou: Nay! (I would rather) the religion of Abraham the True, and he joined not gods with Allah. Say ye: We believe in Allah, and the revelation given to us, and to Abraham, Isma'il, Isaac, Jacob and the Tribes, and that given to Moses and Jesus, and that given to (all) the Prophets from their Lord; We make no difference between one another of them: and we submit to Allah." (2:135-136) As I continued to read and cry, I became intent upon finding someone who could connect me with others who believed in this book!


[K H Abdul Lateef, USA]


The personal example of the Prophet Muhammad [sAW]:


I accepted Islam because I admired the Prophet Muhammad.[sAW]. I had quite a number of Muslim friends in Zanzibar, who gave me Islamic books, which I read in secrecy from my family. I became a Muslim despite the remonstrances of my family and the oppressions of the priests of Parsee religion, which had been my religion until that time. I held fast to my religion and resisted against all sorts of threats. Now I love Allaah and His last Prophet Muhammad [sAW] more than my life


[Faruq B Karai, Zanzibar]


Islaam withstands scrutiny and encourages reasoning:


Instead of asking a follower to believe in its precepts just ”because” or someone asks them to, Islaam encourages people to think for themselves, reflect on the signs of God in Creation and within their own selves. Little wonder then that a sizable number of reverts are thinking people: scientists, astronomers, philosophers, doctors.


As created beings who can neither grant life nor ward off death, we owe it to ourselves and The One Who Created Us to discover the Truth, to follow it and to facilitate others to do the same.

If you can pray to Allaah



then you still have hope.


If you can look at the sunset and smile,


then you still have hope.


If you can find beauty in the colors of a small flower,


then you still have hope.


If you can find pleasure in the movement of a butterfly,


then you still have hope.


If the smile of a child can still warm your heart,


then you still have hope.


If you can see the good in other people,



then you still have hope.


If the rain breaking on a roof top can still lull you to sleep,


then you still have hope.


If the sight of a rainbow still makes you stop and stare in wonder,


then you still have hope.


If the soft fur of a favored pet still feels pleasant under your fingertips,


then you still have hope.


If you meet new people with a trace of excitement and optimism,


then you still have hope.


If you give people the benefit of a doubt,


then you still have hope.


If you still offer your hand in friendship to others that have touched your life,


then you still have hope.


If receiving an unexpected card


or letter still brings a pleasant surprise,


then you still have hope.


If the suffering of others still fills your with pain and frustration,


then you still have hope.



If you refuse to let a friendship die,


or accept that it must end,


then you still have hope.


If you look forward to a time or place of quiet and reflection,


then you still have hope.


If you still buy the eid Gifts


then you still have hope.


If you can look to the past and smile,


then you still have hope.


If, when faced with the bad,


when told everything is futile,


you can still look up and end the conversation with the phrase..."yeah...BUT.,"


then you still have hope.


Hope is such a marvelous thing.


It bends, it twists, it sometimes hides,


but rarely does it break.


It sustains us when nothing else can.


It gives us reason to continue and courage to move ahead,


when we tell ourselves we'd rather give in.


Hope puts a smile on our face


when the heart cannot manage.


Hope puts our feet on the path


when our eyes cannot see it.


Hope moves us to act


when our souls are confused of the direction.


Hope is a wonderful thing,


something to be cherished and nurtured,


and something that will refresh us in return.


And it can be found in each of us,


and it can bring light into the darkest of places.


Don't be Afraid... There is Hope for you...